We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
SHARON SALZBERGWe have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
SHARON SALZBERGThe embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear and jealousy.
SHARON SALZBERGEven as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free.
SHARON SALZBERGIf we have nothing material to give, we can offer our attention, our energy, our appreciation. The world needs us. It doesn’t deplete us to give.
SHARON SALZBERGSometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.
SHARON SALZBERGThe movement of the heart as we practice generosity in the outer world mirrors the movement of the heart when we let go of conditioned views about ourselves on our inner journey. Letting go creates a joyful sense of space in our minds
SHARON SALZBERGAll forms of meditation strengthen & direct our attention through the cultivation of three key skills: concentration, mindfulness & compassion or loving & kindness.
SHARON SALZBERGYou are a person worthy of love. You don’t have to do anything to prove that.
SHARON SALZBERGIf we fall, we don’t need self-recrimination or blame or anger – we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to re-commit, to be whole-hearted once again.
SHARON SALZBERGThe key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience things as they are.
SHARON SALZBERGMeditation can be a refuge, but it is not a practice in which real life is ever excluded. The strength of mindfulness is that it enables us to hold difficult thoughts and feelings in a different way—with awareness, balance, and love
SHARON SALZBERGThe overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.
SHARON SALZBERGTraining attention through meditation opens our eyes.
SHARON SALZBERGMindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.
SHARON SALZBERGSeeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest; it never ceases.
SHARON SALZBERGWe are all too often told by someone that we are too old, too young, too different, too much the same, and those comments can be devastating.
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